#A49131#A49131

#A49131 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.116 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49131
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -3.99, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 51.40, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0158 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.116 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9908, 28.3663, 7.0114)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49131 #3144A4

analogous

#A45831 #A49131 #7EA431

triadic

#A49131 #31A491 #9131A4

tetradic

#A49131 #31A458 #3144A4 #A4317E

square

#A49131 #31A458 #3144A4 #A4317E

split-complementary

#A49131 #317EA4 #5831A4

monochromatic

#463E15 #756723 #A49131 #C9B449 #D7C779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A49131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A49131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49131

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49131	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.116 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b06f',
    500: '#a49131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49131;
$custom-light: #c2b06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65572,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49131

secondary

#727EBF

accent

#63DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49131

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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